PRINTER'S NO. 1620
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1157
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY SCHWANK, TEPLITZ, SABATINA, BREWSTER, RAFFERTY,
GREENLEAF, VULAKOVICH, COSTA, MENSCH, WILEY, FONTANA,
DINNIMAN, YUDICHAK AND TARTAGLIONE, MARCH 18, 2016
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, MARCH 18, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of March 4, 1970 (P.L.128, No.49), entitled "An
act granting to the Governor of the Commonwealth the sole
authority for regulating the display of the flag of the
United States from any public ground or building and from any
ground or building of certain other institutions," further
providing for the display of the official POW/MIA flag on
Commonwealth grounds or buildings.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 1 of the act of March 4, 1970 (P.L.128,
No.49), entitled "An act granting to the Governor of the
Commonwealth the sole authority for regulating the display of
the flag of the United States from any public ground or building
and from any ground or building of certain other institutions,"
amended May 2, 1974 (P.L.264, No.71), December 18, 1987
(P.L.417, No.87) and February 10, 1994 (P.L.70, No.5), is
amended to read:
Section 1. (a) The Governor of the Commonwealth shall have
the sole power and duty for regulating the display of the flag
of the United States from any public ground or building of the
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